Ibaka (25 pts, 17 rebs) lifts Thunder over Spurs

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Dec 18, 2012

The Thunder were led by Serge Ibaka, who had 25 points, 17 rebounds and three blocked shots. Lots of NBA fans got pretty amped in the hours before Monday night's tilt between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs when we learned that Spurs swing… (more)man Stephen Jackson who had missed nearly a month after fracturing his right pinkie finger against the Los Angeles Clippers, and had earned a $25,000 fine for tweeting a threat to jack up Thunder forward Serge Ibaka the next time they played had been activated by coach Gregg Popovich. What was made clear, though, is that Ibaka is a continually evolving player on both ends of the floor, and a growing offensive threat for an Oklahoma City team that most opponents would agree didn't need a heck of a lot more help scoring to begin with. Sure, it was a rematch of last year's thrilling Western Conference finals and a game that was decided on a Tony Parker buzzer-beater earlier this season, not to mention a matchup of two teams with top-10 offenses and defenses and the two best records in the NBA, but forget about all that.

Lots of NBA fans got pretty amped in the hours before Monday night's tilt between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs when we learned that Spurs swingman Stephen Jackson - who had missed nearly a month after fracturing his right pinkie finge

Ibaka Leads OKC to Big Thunder win over Spurs

FINAL 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Final San Antonio 26 22 16 29 93 Oklahoma City 30 23 29 25 107 Oklahoma City used a big third quarter to over come a pesky San Antonio Spurs squad 107-93. The Thunder were led by Serge Ibaka, who had 25 points, 17 rebounds and three bl…